Apr 24, 2011

Apple vs Samsung - The Counterattack

Samsung Electronics has countered quickly and opened lawsuits in Germany, Japan and South Korea – accusing Apple that it has no right to use certain patents. “Samsung is actively responding to actions taken against us, just to protect our intellectual property”, says the company release.

The lawsuits relate to five patent infringement in regard to the optimization of data transmission and synchronization of the phone with the PC. Samsung'smove comesjustdaysafterApplesuedSamsungfor violatingintellectual property rightsofApple products.

In the conflict between the two companies in recent days, users have intervened, too. According to Apple Insider, Android fans accuse the people at Apple that they copied Samsung products. In support of this statement, a viral document was released containing an infographics with a comparison between Samsung F700 terminal and a first generation iPhone.

“The graph is in error”, Apple fans have responded, claiming that Samsung’s F700 has not been officially presented at CeBIT 2006, but was mentioned as a future project, and it was launched in February 2007 at the 3GSM World Congress, one month after the iPhone was introduced at MacWorld.

WhileSamsungandApple'ssueeach other,smartphonesandtabletproductsalsocompete with each other.On theSamsungthere areproductsSandGalaxyGalaxyTabpopular,on the part ofApple'sexistingiPhoneandiPad.

On the other hand,SamsungandAppleare actuallyfairlyclosepartners.Samsungis oneofthe majorcomponentsuppliersof Apple products,includingchipsetsandLCDscreens.